Johnson Controls Technology Company

Leviton Manufacturing Company, Inc.

Denso Corporation

Herman Miller, Inc.

Flexible Steel Lacing Company

Visteon Global Technolgoies, Inc.

Crown Equipment Corporation

Balboa Instruments, Inc.

Lear Corporation

Microchip Technology Inc.

Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation

Light Corporation

The Holland Group, Inc.

Twisthink, L.l.c.

Stryker Corporation

Kurt Dykema

Kurosh Nahavandi

Steven L Geerlings

Todd R Witkowski

Michael Kamor

Todd A Zeilinger

James V Kraimer

Clifford Edwin Lambarth

Mark Lewis Zeinstra

Brent Bouws

Warren Edwin Guthrie

David L Klamer

James A Porter

Eric John Smith

Chad Conway Souke

Kent D Pilcher

J Michael Ellis

Aaron Day

Robert F Buege

Brett Edwin DeVries

Christopher Hoyt

David Adrian Moelker

Jeff Gibson

Nicolas Milani

Dave Moelker

Jared Thomas

Timothy A Wellman

Eric L Jensen

Paul C Duckworth

Randy L Schutt

Thomas Alan Puvogel

Jay G Pollack

Richard A Corrington

Monty L Crabill

Paul Duckworth

Eric Jensen

Jody K Harwood

Steven C Dupay

Cory Allan Weiss

Michael W Steffler

Michael H Ginocchio

Christopher B Way

Monty Crabill

Fanie Duvenhage

Thomas L Welling

Jason Kneen

Joshua C Colvin

Dennis A Reed

Roland C Bouchard

Gary Morton

Lawrence F Leete, Iii

Pat Burel

Thomas J Doman

William C Schenck

Christopher J Klein

Mark S Baynham

Todd Gatto

Brian Bartley

Michael Mckee

In one aspect, an apparatus is provided for a conveyor belt system. The apparatus includes a conveyor belt cleaner having an elongate support and a pair of mounts configured to position the elongate support to extend across a conveyor belt. The apparatus includes a cleaner blade configured to be operatively mounted to the elongate support and engage a conveyor belt. The apparatus further includes a sensor configured to detect at least one characteristic of the elongate support as the elongate support vibrates during conveyor belt operation. A processor of the apparatus is configured to use the at least one characteristic of the elongate support to predict at least one property of the cleaner blade.

Apparatus and method for monitoring conveyor systems

A system and method for using a portable device to communicate with a vehicle to authorize one or more vehicle operations. The portable device may authorize the vehicle to unlock/lock doors, start the vehicle engine, or mobilize the vehicle, or a combination thereof. The vehicle may include a vehicle transmitter system with one or more transmitters disposed at various locations on the vehicle, and the portable device may be configured to monitor a communication strength between the portable device and the one or more transmitters of the transmitter system. Based on the monitored signal strength, the portable device may determine location information about itself.

System and method for communicating with a vehicle

In one embodiment, there is a fault interrupter device comprising at least one sensor comprising at least one first transformer having at least one outer region forming an outer periphery and at least one inner hollow region. There is also at least one second transformer that is disposed in the inner hollow region of the at least one first transformer. The transformers can be substantially circular in configuration, and more particularly, ring shaped. In another embodiment there is a rotatable latch which is used to selectively connect and disconnect a set of separable contacts to selectively disconnect power from the line side to the load side. The rotatable latch is in one embodiment coupled to a reset button. In at least one embodiment there is a slider which is configured to selectively prevent the manual tripping of the device.

Fault circuit interrupter device

A system and method for communicatively pairing a mobile communication device and a furniture item, such as a desk or table, includes placing the mobile communication device in a communication zone associated with the furniture item. In response to placing the mobile communication device in the communication zone, a communication link is established between the mobile communication device and a communication circuit of the furniture item. A user interface is then displayed on a display screen of the mobile communication device to show a preset height, such as a standing or sitting height, for the furniture device. When a user selects the preset height, an actuator adjusts the furniture item to the specific height. The communication circuit may use any available wireless communication protocol or circuit.

Intelligent office furnishings

A method of communicatively pairing a first furnishing item with a second furnishing item, the method including impacting the first furnishing item against the second furnishing item. The method also includes generating a first output with a first sensor of the first furnishing item in response to an impact between the first furnishing item and the second furnishing item and generating a second output with a second sensor of the second furnishing item in response to the impact between the first furnishing item and the second furnishing item. The method further includes receiving, by a controller, the first output, receiving, by the controller, the second output, and pairing a first communication circuit of the first furnishing item with a second communication circuit of the second furnishing item in response to receiving the second output within a predetermined time of receiving the first output.

A method of operating a desk including receiving, at a desk controller, a message from a chair, and determining a position of a user based on the message. The message includes an indication of a sensed rotation of the chair. The method also includes generating, via the desk controller, a control signal for a motor based on the position of the user. The motor is coupled to a support framework of the desk. The method further includes changing a height of the support framework of the desk according to the control signal.

A system for communicating information facilitates wireless communication between electronic devices. The system includes a transceiver provided in a vehicle. The transceiver communicates with an electronic device located external to the transceiver using a Bluetooth communications standard.

Wireless communications system and method

A wireless control system for use in a vehicle and for use with a remote electronic system is provided. The wireless control system includes a transceiver for mounting in the vehicle. The transceiver is configured to communicate according to a Bluetooth communications standard. The transceiver is further configured to provide a control signal to the remote electronic system. The transceiver is also trainable to provide a carrier frequency and control information for the control signal.

Wireless control system and method

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Kurt Dykema